diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 906ef7992d..bbe6ddb9cb 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -315,10 +315,10 @@ set(SFML_FIND_VERSION TRUE)
 set(SFML_FIND_VERSION_MAJOR 1)
 set(SFML_FIND_VERSION_MINOR 5)
 include(FindSFML OPTIONAL)
-if(SFML_FOUND AND SFML_VERSION_OK AND (SFML_VERSION_MAJOR EQUAL 1))
+if(SFML_FOUND AND (SFML_VERSION_MAJOR EQUAL 1))
        message("Using shared SFML")
 else()
-       message("Shared (1.5 <= SFML < 2.0) not found, falling back to the static library")
+       message("Shared SFML < 2.0 not found, falling back to the static library")
        add_subdirectory(Externals/SFML)
        include_directories(Externals/SFML/include)
 endif()